Marine Plankton

Red tides are caused by .. .

• Krill

• Jellyfish

• Man "O" War

• Dinoflagellates

When a population of plankton explodes, the event is called...

• Bump

• Balloon

• Bomb

• Bloom

Which organism is at the base of a marine food web?

• crab

• phytoplankton

• whale

• zooplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which are there more of, zooplankton or phytoplankton?

• Phytoplankton

• Zooplankton

• Both

Which of the following are primary producers?

• Diatoms and Dinoflagellates

• Radiolarians and Zooplankton

• Baleen whales

• Small fish that get eaten by larger fish

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Dinoflagellates can cause __________ which is toxic to fish, shellfish and humans.

• Green TIde

• Red Tide

• Malaria

• Algal Bloom

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What organism(s) are pictured here?

• Diatoms

• Dinoflagellates

• Zooplankton

• Nekton

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What eats phytoplankton?

• Bacteria

• Zooplankton

• Mammals

• Humans

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Zooplankton are all of the following except:

• krill

• copepods

• dinoflagellates

• jellies

Based on the Greek work for "wanderer"

• Plankton

• Dinoflagellate

• Coccolithophore

• Diatom